CURICULUM VITAE

Vesna A. Wallace

University of California Department of Religious Studies HSSB, 3rd floor Santa Barbara, CA 93105 E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Department of South and Southeast Studies), 1995

M.A., University of Washington, Seattle (Department of Asian Languages and Literature), 1988

B.A., University of Zagreb, Croatia (Department of Indology and Department of Comparative Literature), 1979

Postdoctoral Study, Pedagogical State University (Mongolian Language Department, Ulaanbaatar), 2000

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008- present

Professor, Yehan Numata Chair in . Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, 2008 – 2010

Academic Director. Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies (OCBS), Oxford, 2008-2010 2

International Ph.D. Supervisor. Open Society Institute, Higher Education Support Program, Central Asia Training and Research Initiative, 2008-present

Associate Professor. Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005-2008

Assistant Professor. Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001-2005

Lecturer. Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1997- 2001

Visiting Scholar. Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, 1996- Spring Quarter, 1997

Research Fellow. Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Summer Term, 1996

Research Fellow. Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1995-1996

Visiting Lecturer. Department of Linguistics: Special Language Program, Stanford University, Stanford, 1993-1995

Teaching Assistant. Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, 1992- 1996

Visiting Lecturer. Innovative Academic Courses, Program in Special Undergraduate Education. Stanford University, Stanford, Winter Quarter, 1991

Teaching Assistant. Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1990

Instructor. University Extension, University of Washington, Seattle, 1987-1988

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SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS The K›lacakratantra: The Chapter on S›dhana together with the Vimalaprabh›. Tanjur Translation Initiative, Treasury of Buddhist Sciences Series. New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, co-published with the Columbia University’s Center for Buddhist Studies and House. 2010. (Annotated translation from , Tibetan, and Mongolian, together with a critical edition of the Mongolian text.)

The K›lacakratantra: The Chapter on the Individual together with the Vimalaprabh›. Tanjur Translation Initiative, Treasury of Buddhist Sciences Series. New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies, co-published with the Columbia University’s Center for Buddhist Studies and Tibet House, 2004. (Annotated translation from Sanskrit, Tibetan, and Mongolian, together with a critical edition of the Mongolian text.)

The Inner K›lacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.

A Guide to the Way of Life. Bodhic›ry›vat›ra. Translated from Sanskrit and Tibetan by Vesna A. Wallace and B. Alan Wallace. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1997.

A Textbook for the First Year Intensive Serbo-Croatian. Co-author. Washington DC, State Department, 1988.

BOOK CHAPTERS

“The Legalized Violence:” Punitive Measures of Buddhist Khans in Mongolia.” In Buddhist Warfare. Edited by Mark Juergensmeyer and Michael Jerryson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

“Texts as Deities: Mongols’ Rituals of Worshipping SÒtras and Rituals of Accomplishing Various Goals by Means of SÒtras.” In Ritual in Tibetan . Edited by José I. Cabezón. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

“The Body as a Text and the Text as the Body: A View from the K›lacakratantra’s Perspective.” In As Long as Space Endures: Essays on the K›lacakra in Honor of H. H. The Dalai . Edited by Edward A. Arnold. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2009. 4

“Medicine and Astrology in the Healing Arts of the K›lacakratantra.” In As Long as Space Endures: Essays on the K›lacakra Tantra in Honor of H. H. The . Edited by Edward A. Arnold. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2009.

“Diverse Aspects of the Mongolian Buddhist Manuscript Culture and Realms of Its Influence.” In Buddhist Manuscript Culture: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art. Edited by Steven Berkwitz, Juliane Schober, and Claudia Brown. London: Routledge, 2008.

“A Convergence of Medical and Astro-Sciences in Indian Tantric Buddhism: A Case of the K›lacakratantra.” In Astro-Medicine: Astrology and Medicine, East and West. Micrologus’ Library, 25. Edited by Anna Akasoy, Charles Burnett and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim. Florence, Italy: Sismel Edzioni del Galluzzo, 2008.

“A Generation of Power Through Ritual Protection and Transformation of Identity in Indian Tantric Buddhism.” In Asian Ritual Systems: Syncretisms and Ruptures. Edited by Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathen. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2007. (The paper was previously published in the Journal of Ritual Studies)

"The Methodological Relevance of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship to the Study of Buddhism." In Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections of Contemporary Buddhist Scholars. Edited by John Makransky and Roger Jackson. London: Curzon Press, 1999.

"Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Perspective on the Treatment of Mentally Retarded Children in Latin America." In Ethics and World Religions: Cross-cultural Case Studies, ed. by Regina, Wentzel, Wolfe and Christine E. Gudorf. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.

JOURNAL AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES

“Why is the Bodiless (anaºga) Gnostic Body (jñ›na-k›ya) Considered a Body?” Journal of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 37, No. 1, February 2009: 45-60.

“Mediating the Power of : The Mongols’ Approaches to Reviving .” The Silk Road Journal, No. 6/1, (2008): 36-45, 2008.

“The Provocative Character of the ‘Mystical’ Discourses on the Absolute Body in Indian Tantric, Buddhism. Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Third Series, Number 6, Fall 2004, issued in 2006: 245-57.

“A Generation of Power Through Ritual Protection and Transformation of Identity in 5

Indian Tantric Buddhism.” Journal of Ritual Studies, Special Issue on “Ritual and the Ritual Expression of Identity in Asia,” Vol. 19, Number 1, 2005: 115-28.

“K›lacakra.” In Encyclopedia of Religion, Second Edition, Vol. 8. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2005: 5056-5059.

"The Buddhist Tantric Medicine in the K›lacakratantra,." The Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies, New Series, Nos. 11-12 (1995): 155-74,1995.

BOOK REVIEWS

“Brian Bauman. Divine Knowledge: Buddhist Mathematics According to the Anonymous Manual of Mongolian Astrology and Divination. Leiden: Brill, 2008.” In Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 69, Issue 01, Feb., 2010: 244-245.

“Eva Jane Neumann Friedman, Sacred Geography: Shamanism Among the Buddhist Peoples of Russia. Bibliotheca Shamanistica, vol. 12. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2004.” In Religion, Vol. 36, Issue 1, 2006.

“Walther Heissig and Klaus Sagaster, eds. Gedanke und Wirkung. Festschrift für Nikolaus Poppe zum 90. Geburtstag Asiatische Forschungen: Monographienreihe Zur Geschichte, Kultur und Sprache der Völker Ost-und Zentralasiens, Band 108.” Wiesbadden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1989. In Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 50(1), 1992, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan.

INSTRUCTIONAL AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS

“Revival of Buddhism in Mongolia: Part 1 & Part 2.” Santa Barbara: Erdene Productions, 2004 (Executive Producer, Researcher, and Narrative Writer).

“Shaman in the City: Ulaanbaatar, Outer Mongolia.” Santa Barbara: Erdene Productions, 2003 (Executive Producer, Researcher, and Narrative Writer).

“Revival of the Traditional Mongolian Culture.” Santa Barbara: Erdene Productions, 2004 (Executive Producer, Researcher, and Narrative Writer).

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OXFORD BIBLIOGRAPHY ONLINE

“K›lacakra.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online, 2010. http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/display/id/obo-9780195393521-0083

“Buddhism in Mongolia.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online, 2010. http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/display/id/obo-9780195393521-0111

“Astronomy, Cosmology, and Astrology.” In Oxford Bibliographies Online, 2010. http://www.oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/display/id/obo-9780195393521-0019

WORK IN PRESS

“How Vajrap›˚i became a Mongol: A Case Study of the Acculturation of Buddhism in Mongolia.” In Tantric Traditions on the Move: Their Development through Time, and Transmission through Cultural Space. Edited by David Gray. New York: Oxford University Press. (book chapter)

“The Six-phased of the Abbreviated Wheel of Time Tantra (Laghuk›lacakratantra) According to Vajrap›˚i.” In Yoga in Practice. Edited by David Gordon White. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

“Buddhist Laws in Mongolia.” In Buddhism and Law. Edited by Rebecca French. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

“Rendering Buddhism into Mongolian Language: Mongols’ Translation Methods of .” In Festschrift to Robert A. F. Thurman in Honor of the Seventieth Birthday. Edited by Christian, K. Wedemeyer, John D. Dunne, and Thomas F. Yarnall. New York: American Institute of Buddhist Studies and Columbia University Press.

“The Method-and-Wisdom Model in Theoretical Syncretism of the Traditional Mongolian Medicine.” Journal of the Center for Medicine and Humanities, University of Hong Kong.

“Mongolian Livestock Rituals and Their Appropriations, Adaptations, and Permutations.” In Understanding Religious Rituals: Theoretical Approaches and Innovations. Edited by John Hoffmann. London: Routledge.

“Mongolia.” In Encyclopedia of Global Religion. Edited by W. Clark Roof and Mark Juergensmeyer. Sage Reference. 7

“Mongol Empire.” In Encyclopedia of Global Religion. Edited by W. Clark Roof and Mark Juergensmeyer. Sage Reference.

SCHOLARLY WORK IN PROGRESS

The Critical edition and annotated translation of the first chapter of the Sanskrit manuscript of the Saddharmam¸tyupasth›na SÒtra.

Monograph, Buddhism and Law in Mongolia

“Homa Ritual in the K›lacakratantra”

“Competing Religious Conversions and Re-conversions in Contemporary Mongolia”

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Grant for a three-year long research project on “Authorship, Originality, and Innovation in Tibetan Religious Literature” (Vesna Wallace as a PI, and Dr. Catherine Cantwell and Dr. Robert Mayer as researchers), U.K., September, 2010.

The “Honors for a Contribution to the Academic Discipline of Mongolian Buddhism and Culture.” Awarded by Zanabazar Buddhist University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September, 2009.

Soros Foundation, Central Asia Research and Teaching Initiative (CARTI), Budapest, Hungary, 2008-2009.

American Center for Mongolian Studies grant for language study and research at Mongolian National University, June 2008.

Faculty Research Grant for researching interactions between Buddhism, law, and nomadic culture in Mongolia, awarded by the UCSB Academic Senate Council on Research and Instructional Resources, July 2007.

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Travel Award for presenting the paper at the Annual National Meeting of the AAR in Washington, DC, awarded by the UCSB Academic Senate, Committee on Research, November 2006.

Faculty Research Grant for the archival research in Mongolia on Buddhism and law in Mongolia, awarded by the UCSB Academic Senate Council on Research and Instructional Resources, July 2006.

The China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Small Grant for preparing an English translation of the Mongolian legal code Laws and Regulations to Actually Follow (Jinkhene Dagaj Yavakh Khuuly Dürem), 2006.

Travel Award for presenting the paper at the conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, SOAS, London, August-September 2005.

Faculty Research Grant for summer research in Mongolia, awarded by the UCSB Academic Senate Council on Research and Instructional Resources, July 2005.

Travel Award for presenting the paper at the Annual National Meeting of the AAR in San Antonio, TX, November 2004, awarded by the UCSB Academic Senate, Committee on Research, 2004.

Travel Award for present the paper at the Annual National Meeting of the AAR in Atlanta, GA, November 2003, awarded by the UCSB Academic Senate, Committee on Research, 2003.

NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) fellowship awarded for preparing a critical edition and translation of a newly discovered, Buddhist Sanskrit manuscript of the Sm¸tyupasth›nasÒtra, for a nine-months period, beginning with the Spring Quarter 2002 and ending at the beginning of the Winter Quarter 2003.

Humanitarian Award of the Government of Mongolia for establishing educational institutions, scholarship funds, micro-enterprise, and community development in the Gobi district of Mongolia, presented by the Governor of Gobi in Dalangazad on August 11, 2002.

Research Grant for the study “The Religious and Cultural Revival in Mongolia,” awarded by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, July 2002.

Faculty Research Grant awarded by UCSB Academic Senate Committee on Research for producing a documentary film on the “Religious Revival in Mongolia,” June 2002.

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Humanities and Arts Research Grant awarded by UCSB Academic Senate, Committee on Research for producing a documentary film on the “Revival of the Traditional Mongolian Culture,” June 2002.

Overseas Travel Award for attending the international conference on “Symbol, Language, and Metaphor in Esoteric Traditions,” University of San Marino, Italy, June 2002. Awarded by UCSB Academic Senate, Committee on Research, University of California, Santa Barbara

IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board in Washington, DC) Advanced Research Opportunity Grant for the field and library research in the Buddhist revival in Mongolia, summer 2001.

IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board in Washington, DC) grant for the intensive study of the Mongolian language at the Mongolian State Pedagogical University in Ulan Bator and for the research in religious revival in Mongolia, summer 2000.

Research grant for writing a book The Inner K›lacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual, awarded by the Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1997-1998.

Research grant for writing a monograph on the history of Buddhist methods of investigating consciousness. Awarded by the IONS, Sausalito, California, 1997.

American Academy of Religion Western Region's Award for the best student paper "Courtesans in the Context of Buddhist Dharma," 1992.

Humanities Graduate Research Grant for dissertation research at the University of Rome and at the Instituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, Italy. Granted by the University of California, Berkeley, Fall Quarter 1991.

Regents Fellowship, awarded by University of California, Berkeley, 1988-1989.

FLAS foreign language fellowship for study of Nepali language, University of Washington, Seattle, 1987-1988.

FLAS foreign language fellowship for study of Hindi language, University of Washington, Seattle, Summer, 1986.

FLAS foreign language fellowship for study of Hindi language, University of Washington, Seattle, 1985-1986.

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CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

International conference on “” (co-organized with Dr. Denis Noble). Co-sponsored by Oriental Institute, Physiology Department, and Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies of the University of Oxford and Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. University of Oxford, March, 2010.

International conference on “Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Mongolian Buddhism.” Sponsored by Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and Oriental Institute. University of Oxford, May, 2009.

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED

Established the exchange program between the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford and International College of Post-Graduate Buddhist Studies, Tokyo, 2008.

Established the exchange program between the Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara and College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 2001.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST LECTURES

“Buddhism’s Encounter with Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Mongolia.” A guest lecture presented at Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany, May, 2011.

“Mongolian Buddhist Traditions of Translation.” Presented that the symposium on “Religion and the Arts of Mongolia,” University of California, Berkeley, February, 2011.

“Buddhist Rituals of Protecting the State and Livestock while Recreating Chinggis Khan’s Buddhist Identity in Contemporary Mongolia.” Presented at Stanford University, February, 2011.

“Living Texts and Open Canons in the Buddhist Tradition.” Presented at the departmental colloquium in the Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, November, 2010. 11

“Surviving Modernity in the Traditionally Tibetan Buddhist Regions.” Presented at The 2010 International Conference on , Emory University, Atlanta, October, 2010.

Mongols’ Role in the Spread of Buddhism.” Presented at the First International Conference on the Future of Buddhism in Mongolia, Zanabazar University, Ulaanbaatar, September 2010.

“The Religio-Political Cult of Vajrap›˚i in Mongolia.” Presented in the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London, May, 2010.

“Buddhism and Law in Mongolia during the Qing Dynasty.” Presented in the Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Oxford, May, 2010.

“The Method-and-Wisdom Model in Theoretical Syncretism of the Traditional Mongolian Medicine.” Presented at the conference on “Convergence and Collision: Disease, Religion, and Healing in Asia,” School of Humanities, University of Hong Kong, March, 2010.

“Is There a Buddhist Science?” Presented at the international conference on “Buddhism and Science.” University of Oxford, March, 2010.

“Mongolian Emanations of Vajrap›˚i (Ochirvaany) and Their Roles in the Lives of the Mongols.” Presented at the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit (MIASU), University of Cambridge, March, 2010.

“Tibetan as a Scriptural Language: From Sanskrit to Tibetan and From Tibetan to Sanskrit.” Presented at the colloquium on “Tibetan Literature: Issues of Genre and Authorship,” Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, February, 2010.

“Buddhist Laws in Mongolia.” Presented in the Circle of Central Asian and Himalayan Group at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), London, January, 2010.

“Response to Geoffrey Samuel’s Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Montreal, November, 2009.

“Religious Conversions of the Mongols: Past and Present.” Presented at the Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on “About Turns: Conversion in Late Antique , and Beyond.” University of Oxford, October, 2009.

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“The Origins of Mah›y›na Revisited,” Zanabazar Buddhist University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September, 2009.

“Buddhist Approach to Mental Health and Illness.” Presented at the international conference on Buddhism and Clinical Psychology: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Knowledge, Mahidol University, Bangkok, August 2009.

“ in Mongolia.” A guest lecture at the College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University, Bangkok, August, 2009.

“Rendering Buddhism into Mongolian: A Historical Look into Mongolian Methods of Translating Buddhist Texts." Presented at the conference of the U.K. Association of Buddhist Studies, SOAS, London, July, 2009.

“When a Buddha Becomes a Mongol.” Inaugural lecture. University of Oxford, Oxford, May, 2009.

“Envisioning a Buddhist Legal Consciousness in the Early 20th Century Mongolia.” Presented at the international conference on “Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Mongolian Buddhism,” University of Oxford, Oxford, May, 2009.

“How is the Buddha Vajrap›˚i Signifying the Mongolian Buddhist Identity?” Presented at the international conference on “Mongolian Buddhism: and Transformation,” Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, March 2009.

“The Mongols’ Methodological Concerns in Translating Buddhist Medical Texts.” Presented at the seminar on Medical Texts in Translation, Wellcome Trust for the History of Medicine, University College, London, February, 2009.

“Mediating the Power of Dharma” the Mongols’ and Tibetans’ Approaches to Reviving Buddhism in Mongolia.” Presented at the Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, April, 2008.

“Contribution of Tibetan Missionaries to the Revival of Mongolian Buddhism.” A guest lecture presented at Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC, April, 2008.

“Why is the Bodiless (anaºga) Gnostic Body (jñ›na-k›ya) still called a “Body?” A Numata lecture sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University, Canada, March, 2008.

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“Constructions and Legitimizations of Buddhist Legal Systems in Mongolia.” Presented at the Central Eurasian Studies Society’s Conference (CESS), University of Washington, Seattle, October, 2007.

“Constructions of the Absolute Body in Indian Vajray›na.” A guest lecture presented at the Center for South Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, September, 2007.

“The K›lacakratantra as the Body, and the Body as the K›lacakratantra.” Presented on the panel “Seeing K›lacakra, Being K›lacakra: An Exploration of the Farther Limits of Biomedicine, Neuroscience, and Tibetan Buddhism,” Cornell University, Ithaca, September, 2007.

“Manifestations of Vajrap›˚i in Mongolia.” Presented at the international conference on “Contemporary Reflections on Esoteric Buddhism,” Edmonton, Canada, August, 2007.

“Buddhism and Law During the Bogd Khaan State and Its Heritage.” A guest lecture sponsored by the American Center for Mongolian Studies, Mongolian National University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June, 2007.

“Texts as Deities: Mongols’ Rituals of Worshipping SÒtras and Rituals of Accomplishing Things with SÒtras.” Presented at the international conference on “Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism,” UCSB, Spring, 2007.

“Mongolian Buddhism and Nomadic Culture.” A guest lecture presented in the course on “Silk Road,” UCSB, February, 2007.

“ in Mongolia during the Theocratic Period.” Presented at the Annual National Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Washington, DC, November, 2006.

“Interlacing Buddhism, Law, and Nomadic Values in Mongolia.” Presented at Stanford University and sponsored by Center for Buddhist Studies and Department of Religious Studies, Stanford, November, 2006.

“The Interplay of Buddhism and Law in the Pre-communist Mongolia.” Presented at UC Berkeley and sponsored by Buddhist Studies Center, Berkeley, November 2006.

“Buddhist Manuscript Culture in Mongolia with Its Diverse Aspects and Realms of Influence.” Presented at the conference “Buddhist Objects: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art,” Arizona State University, October, 2006.

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“Buddhism, State, and Law in Mongolia: A Historical Perspective.” Presented at the conference "Mongolia Matters: The Legacy of Chinggis Khan and Mongolia’s Great Empire,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Asia Program, Washington, DC, October, 2006.

“Do Substantial and Procedural Laws in the Qualify It as a Legal Text?” Presented at the conference on “Buddhism, Law, and Social Change,” Buffalo University Law School, Buffalo, September, 2006.

“Methodological Concerns in Evaluating Buddhist Revival in Mongolia’s Rural Areas.” Presented in the “Colloquie sur le Nomadisme et le Chamanisme Mongols,” Mongolian National University and French Cultural Center, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June, 2006.

“Buddhist Ethical Guidelines for Enterprise and Leadership.” A guest lecture presented in the seminar on Ethics, Enterprise and Leadership, sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, April, 2006.

“Buddhism and Legislative Measures on Property, Theft, and Debt in Outer Mongolia.” Presented at the International Conference on Buddhism and Law in Bellagio, Italy, March, 2006.

“A Response to the Papers Presented on the Panel on ‘Dialogues and Debates on Tibetan Medicine, Healing, and Religion.’” Presented at the Annual National Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in , November, 2005.

“The Mongols’ Considerations of Mah›y›na SÒtras and Their Functions.” Presented at the conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, SOAS, University of London, August, 2005.

“Where the Indian Medicine and Astro-Sciences Meet: A Case of Indian Tantric Buddhism,” presented at the Colloquium on Medicine and Astrology: East and West, Warburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of London, May, 2005.

Three-lecture series “Western Academic Approaches to the Study of Buddhism,” Dehra Dhun, . Sponsored by the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, December, 2004.

“The Body as a Tantric Text: ‘A Buddhist Tantric ‘Genome Project.’” Presented at the Annual National of Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Antonio, TX, November, 2004.

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“Mongols’ Resistance to Cultural Hybridity: Re-imagining Mongolian Buddhist Identity.” The guest lecture presented in the Department of Inner Asian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, March, 2004.

A panel discussant on “Special Educational Challenges,” held at the conference on “Religious Education: Shifting Educational Paradigms” at Mahidol University, Bangkok, January, 2004.

“Literary Creation of Buddhist Identity and Expressions of Mongolian Ethnicity.” Presented at the Annual National of Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta, GA, November, 2003.

“Who Spoke for Mongolian Buddhists?” Presented at the Annual National Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta, GA, November, 2003.

“Why Should We Study Jaina Philosophy?” Presented at the conference on “Perspectives on Jain Studies,” University of California, Santa Barbara, May, 2003.

“Idiosyncrasies in the Renewal of Faith: Religious Revival in Mongolia.” A guest lecture, sponsored by the Center for Buddhist Studies and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, February, 2003.

“Translation Strategies of the Mongols: The Past and Present.” Presented at the Annual National Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Toronto, November, 2002.

“Bridging the Disciplines: Integrative Buddhist Monastic Education in Classical India.” Presented at the conference on “Completing the Global Renaissance: The Indic Contributions,” sponsored by the Columbia Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and Infinity Foundation, New York, July, 2002.

“A Provocative Character of the ‘Mystical’ Discourses on the Absolute Body in Indian Tantric Buddhism.” Presented at the international conference on “Symbol, Language, and Metaphor in Esoteric Traditions,” University of San Marino, Italy, June, 2002.

“The Problematic Nature of the Contemporary Mongolian Translations of Buddhist Texts.” Presented at the 212th Annual National Meeting of the American Oriental Society (AOS), Houston, March, 2002.

“The Origins and Development of Buddhist Medicine in India.” A guest lecture presented in the course on “Religion and Healing in Global Perspective,” taught by Catherine 16

Albanese, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, January, 2001.

“Buddhist Medicine in Contemporary Tibet and Mongolia.” A guest lecture presented in the course on “Religion and Healing in Global Perspective,” taught by Catherine Albanese, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, February, 2000.

A discussant at the “Symposium on the New Directions and Methods in Preparing Critical Editions of Sanskrit Buddhist Manuscripts,” hosted by the Institute for Tibetology and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna and by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, March, 2000.

"Buddhist Tantric Embryological Theories and Their Role in Indian Buddhist Medicine." A guest lecture presented in the course on "Religion and Healing in Global Perspective," taught by Professor Catherine Albanese, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, October, 1999.

A panel discussant at the international conference on the “Role of Scriptures and Images in Buddhism and Christianity,” Prato, Italy, May, 1999.

"The K›lacakratantra, Science, and Non-duality." Presented at the conference on “Non- duality and Globalizing Philosophy,” Columbia University, New York, April, 1999.

"The Family and Its Three Major Aspects in Tantric Buddhism." Presented at the Annual National Meeting of American Academy of Religion, Orlando, Florida, November, 1998.

"Medicine and Alchemy in Indian Buddhism." A guest lecture presented in the course on "Religion and Healing in Global Perspective," taught by Professor Catherine Albanese, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, October, 1998.

"Buddhist Gnosticism in the K›lacakratantra." Presented at the 35th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Budapest, Hungary, July, 1997.

"Indian Buddhist Theories of Consciousness." A guest lecture sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, March, 1997.

"The Science of Sounds in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Tradition." Presented at the Third UC Santa Barbara Conference on “Tibetan Buddhism: The Five Fields of Knowledge in Tibetan Buddhist Culture,” University of California, Santa Barbara, November, 1996.

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"The Five Fields of Knowledge in Indian Buddhist Monastic Education." Presented at the Conference on “Models of Education in the Contemplative Traditions of the East and West,” Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, July, 1996.

"Primordial Wisdom and the Four Bodies of the Buddha in the Anuttara-yoga-." Presented at the 2nd UC Santa Barbara Conference on “Tibetan Buddhism: The Nature of Mind in Tibetan Buddhism,” University of California Santa Barbara, May, 1995.

"The Concept of Science in Tantric Buddhism." Presented at the Annual Western Regional Meeting of American Academy of Religion, Redlands University, Redlands, March, 1995.

"Characteristics of Syncretism in the K›lacakratantra." A guest lecture sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, Columbia University, New York, January, 1995.

"The Study of KleŸas in the K›lacakratantra." Presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual National Meeting, San Francisco, October, 1992.

"Karma and Associated Issues in the Second Chapter of the K›lacakratantra." Presented at the International Annual Meeting on Tantra, Stanford, May, 1992.

"Courtesans in the Context of Buddhist Dharma." Presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Western Regional Meeting, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, March, 1992.

“Courtesans in the Hindu, Jaina, and Buddhist .” Presented at the South Asia Colloquium on “Gender Studies in South Asia,” University of California, Berkeley, June, 1992.

"Philological and Comparative Study of the Notions of Compassion in Jainism and Buddhism." Presented at the Annual National Meeting of American Oriental Society, Berkeley, March, 1991.

FIELD RESEARCH

2010 – July-September in Mongolia – A research on Buddhist pastoral rituals in Mongolia

2009 – August-September in Mongolia – A research on the collections of Mongolian Buddhist manuscripts 18

2008 – June-August in Mongolia – Advanced spoken Mongolian language

2006, 2007 – June-August in Mongolia – A research on Mongolian Buddhism and law

2005 – Summer in Mongolia – A research in the contemporary Mongols’ usage of Mah›y›na sÒtras

2004 – Summer in Mongolia – A research on the development of Buddhist scholarship and relations between the government and Buddhist institutions in the contemporary Mongolia

2002 – September-October – A two weeks long research in the Library of Tibetan Archives in Dharamsala, India

2002 – Summer in Mongolia – A research pertaining to the production of two documentary films on the Religious Revival in Mongolia and on the Revival of the Traditional Mongolian Culture

2001 – Summer in Mongolia – A research on the current development of Buddhism in Mongolia and its interaction with co-existing religious traditions.

2000 – Summer in Mongolia – The postdoctoral study at the State Pedagogical University in Ulan Bator and field research on the religious revival and development of Buddhism in the Outer Mongolia.

1992 - Summer in Central and Eastern Tibet - A research in the Tibetan monastic study and practice of the K›lacakratantra. Sponsored by the Academy of Social Sciences, Lhasa, Tibet

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Chair of the Buddhist Studies Unit Group, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, 2008–2010

Affiliate Professor, Theology Department, University of Oxford, 2008-2010

Member of the Governing Board of Balliol College, University of Oxford, 2008-2010

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SERVICES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

Member of the Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Religious Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, 2010-2011

Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Religious Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, 2006-2008

Member of the Executive Committee, Department of Religious Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, 2006-2008

Member of the Curriculum Committee, Department of Religious Studies, University of California Santa Barbara, 2006-2008

Member of the Graduate Recruitment Fellowship Committee, Graduate Division, University of California Santa Barbara, 2006

Member of the Development Committee, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005-2007

Acting Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Spring Quarter, 2004 – Fall Quarter 2004

Member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003-2004

Member of the Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002-2003, 2005-2006

Member of the University of California, Santa Barbara Fulbright Committee, 2001-2006

OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SERVICES

Editorial Boards

Advisory Editor of the Oxford Bibliographies Online, Oxford University Press, 2009-2010

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Routledge Critical Series in Buddhism, 2007 - present 20

Member of the Editorial Board of the series “Treasures of the Buddhist and Indic Sciences” published by the American Institute of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, 2005- present

Member of the Editorial Board of the electronic journal Religion Compass, Blackwell Publisher, 2006-present

Member of the Editorial Committee of the Tibetan Museum Society, Washington, DC, 2006-2009

Other Professional Board and Committee Services

Member of the Board of Directors of the Mongolia Society at Indiana University, Bloomington, 2005-2009

Member of the Steering Committee of the Buddhism Section at the American Academy of Religion, 2004-2007

Member of the Steering Committee of the Mysticism Group at the American Academy of Religion, 2001-2008

REVIEWING SERVICES

Reviewer American Philosophical Society, Lewis and Clark Fund, May, 2011

Reviewer for Oxford University Press, January, 2010

Reviewer for Mellen Press, August, 2010

Reviewer for Routledge, June, 2010

Reviewer for American Philosophical Society, Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Researcht, April, 2010

Reviewer for the American Center of Mongolian Studies (reviewing applications for the American Center for Mongolian Studies fellowships), March, 2010

Reviewer for the electronic journal Compass Religion, Blackwell Publishing, August, 2009 21

Reviewer for the University of Hawaii Press, May, 2009

Reviewer for the Wellcome Trust, Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London, February 2009

Reviewer for the journal History of Religions, December, 2008

Reviewer of the Himalayan Religions Group for American Academy of Religion, Chicago, November, 2008

Review panelist for Luce Foundation research grants distributed through American Center for Mongolian Studies, April, 2008

Reviewer for Cambridge University Press, May, 2008

Reviewer for Blackwell Publishing, 2007

Reviewer for the electronic journal Compass Religion, Blackwell Publishing, 2007

Reviewer for the electronic journal Compass Religion, Blackwell Publishing, 2007

Reviewer for Columbia University Press, 2007

Reviewer for Routledge, 2007

Reviewer for Columbia University Press, 2006

Reviewer for State University New York Press, 2005

Reviewer for Harvard University Asia Center Publications, 2004

Reviewer for AltmaMira Press, 2004

Reviewer for the Wellcome Trust, Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London (Reviewing the grant application “A Himalayan Melange: Exotic Influences in the Medical Works of a 17th Century Tibetan Scholar”)

Review panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Washington, DC, 2003

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the American Academy of Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, 1992-present

Member of the American Oriental Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991-present

Member of the Association for Asian Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1997- present

Member of the Mongolia Society, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1992-present

Member of the American Center for Mongolian Studies, 2003-present

Member of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 2004-present

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

South China Post, Post Magazine, article “Test of faith,” by Paul Mooney, January, 9, 2011

New York Times, article “Bringing Monasteries Back to Life,” by Sheila Melvin January 19, 2011

Los Angeles Times, “Buddhism Continues to flower in Mongolia” by Nomi Morris, September 11, 2010

PUBLIC LECTURES

“Buddhist Principles in Business.” Presented at Sakyadhita international conference, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 2008.

A three-lecture series on “The ‘S›dhan› Chapter’ of the K›lacakratrantra in Its Broader Theoretical and Practical Framework of the K›lacakra Tradition.” Presented at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Namgyal Monastery, September 2007. 23

“Buddhists, Christians, and Shamans in Post-Communist Mongolia.” Presented for Sarada Convent, Vedanta temple, Montecito, March 2007.

“Buddhism in Contemporary Mongolia.” Presented in the series of public lectures “Buddhism Throughout Asia,” Faulkner Gallery, Public Library, Santa Barbara, May 2006.

“Consciousness and Compassion in the Early Ved›nta.” Presented in Ved›nta Sarada Convent, Montecito, June 2005.

“A Cultivation of the Four Divine Attitudes in Indian Buddhism.” Presented in Ved›nta Sarada Convent, Montecito, July 2003.

“Religion and Democracy in Mongolia: New Ideas, Problems, and Directions.” Presented for the Amistad International, Palo Alto, September 2002.

“Buddhist Notions of Rest.” Presented for the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, February 2002.

“The Fundamental Beliefs and Practices of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.” Presented for the Junior-High school class in the Jewish temple B’nai B’rith, Santa Barbara, November 2001.

A three-lecture series on “Early Development and Comparison of the Therav›da, Mah›y›na, and Vajray›na Buddhist Traditions.” Presented for the Clear Light in the Trinity Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, from November-March 2001

“The Equivocal Attitude of Buddhism Toward Women.” Presented in the UCSB Affiliates’ Spirituality and Culture series, Faculty Club, Santa Barbara, March 2001.

A ten-lecture series, entitled “Buddhist Psychology and Methods of Healing.” Presented at the Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, September 2000.

A two-lecture series “Buddhist Contribution to the Culture and Art of India.” Presented for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, October 2000.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

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Lower-Division Courses

Introduction to Buddhism, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Introduction to Asian Religious Traditions, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Upper-Division Courses

Teachings and Practices of Early Buddhism, Oriental Institute and Theology Department, University of Oxford

Buddhism in History and Society, Oriental Institute and Theology Department, University of Oxford

Religions of Mongolia, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Religion and Healing in Global Perspective, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Buddhist Tantra, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Indian Philosophy, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Buddhist Ethics, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Religions of India, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

South Asian Buddhism, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Ceylon Buddhism, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Socially , Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Hindu, Jain, and , Innovative Academic Courses, sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University

GRADUATE SEMINARS

Seminar on Research Methods in the Study of Buddhism, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

Graduate Seminar in Buddhist Tantra, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate Seminar in Hindu Philosophical Traditions, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate seminar in South Asian Buddhism (Mah›y›na Buddhism), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate seminar in Jainism, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate seminar in Therav›da Buddhism, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate seminar in South Asian Buddhist Traditions (), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate seminar in South Asian Philosophical Traditions: Constructions of Personal Identity within the Six DarŸanas, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate seminar in South Asian Buddhism: Buddhist Hermeneutics, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate Seminar in the “Comparative Study of Foucault and Buddhist Theories of Sexuality and Religious Experience,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

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SANSKRIT, PfiLI, AND VEDIC LANGUAGES

Advanced Sanskrit Courses and Seminars

Reading Sanskrit manuscripts of Ratn›k›raŸ›nti’s S›ratm›, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

Reading Sanskrit manuscript of the Saddharmasm¸tyupasth›na SÒtra, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

Readings in the K›lacakratanta (Sanskrit and Tibetan), Oriental Institute, University of Oxford

Buddhist Tantric Literature in Sanskrit, Department of Religions Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Reading Buddhist Sanskrit Texts (Advanced Sanskrit course in reading selected texts from the corpus of Buddhist Mah›y›na and Vajray›na scriptures), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Jain Literature in Sanskrit (Selected readings from Jaina ), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Buddhist Literature in P›li (Selected readings from the Buddhist P›li canonical literature), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading the YogasÒtras of Patañjali with Vy›sa’s Commentary), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading selected texts from Buddhist philosophical literature), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading selected texts from classical Indian philosophical literature), Department of Religious Studied, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading the selected texts from Buddhist Mah›y›na literature), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Reading Sanskrit Jain Texts (Reading the selected reading from the Jain classic, PraŸamaratiprakara˚am with Haribhadra’s commentary), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading the selected readings pertaining to the South Asian theories of the body from the Major Upani˝ads, Manus˙rti, Bh›gavata Pur›˚a, and fiyurvedic Sa˙hit›s), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading the Bhairavavil›sa and the selected readings from the Kath›saritas›gara), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading the Hindu tantric text Ras›r˚ava), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Vedic Language (Selected readings from the Vedas, Br›hma˚as and ⁄rauta SÒtras), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading selected readings from the works of AŸvagho˝a), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading Buddhist Tantric works: the K›lacakratantra and the Vimalaprabh›), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Selected readings from the Major and Yoga Upani˝ads), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading the Kul›r˚avatantra), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading the Yogavasi˝˛ha), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading Hindu Philosophical Texts: the ⁄iva SÒtras with K˝emar›ja's VimarŸinı), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Advanced Sanskrit (Reading Sanskrit Philosophical Texts: the figamaŸ›stra of Gau˜ap›da with ⁄aºkara's commentary), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Sanskrit Language: Undergraduate Courses

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First-year Sanskrit. Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998-2001

Intermediate Sanskrit, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Fall Quarter, 1997

First-year Sanskrit. Department of Linguistics: Special Language Program, Stanford University, Stanford, 1993-1995

Readings in the Sanskrit A˝˛as›hasrik› Prajñ›p›ramit›, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Winter Quarter, 1993

M.A. COMMITTEES, DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, UCSB

Julianne Cordero 2003 Carlos Pomeda 2003 Ami Shah 2004 Holly J. Grether 2005 Alyson A. Prude 2005 Jared Lindhal 2005 Autumn Jacobsen 2005 Aaron Ullrey 2006 Chase Bossart 2006 Nathan McGovern 2006 Nathaniel Rich 2007 Steven Berry-Anthony 2008 Gregory Seton 2009 Catherine Tsuji 2009 David Cooper 2009

Ph.D. COMMITTEES, DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, UCSB

Mark Elmore 2003, 2005 - Assistant Professor, UC Davis Arrianne Conty 2003 - Lecturer, American University, Rome Ellen Posman 2004 - Associate Professor, Bawden College Michael Jerryson 2005 - Assistant Professor, Eckerd College Aaron Ullrey 2006 - Ph.D. candidate Rahuldeep Singh 2006, 2009 - Assistant Professor, California Lutheran University Holly Grether 2006 - Lecturer, University of Montana 29

Todd Perreira 2007 - Ph.D. candidate Zoran Lazovic 2008 - Ph.D. candidate Chloe Martinez 2008 - Ph.D. candidate Alex Catanese 2009 - Ph.D. candidate Nathan McGovern 2009 - Ph.D. candidate Nathaniel Rich 2010 - Ph.D. candidate Ami Shah 2010 – Ph.D. candidate

D.Phil COMMITEES, ORIENTAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Rachel Stevens 2010 - Ph.D. candidate Charles Manson 2010 - Ph.D. candidate Frederick Chen 2010 - Ph.D. candidate

UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS DIRECTED AT UCSB

Chris Berlin - A research paper on “Buddhist : Method and Mind,” 2003

Shaun Penington - A research paper on “Eckhart and Buddhism: Reality Questioned,” 2003

Shaun Pennington - Honors Thesis: “A Cultivation of Emotional Intelligence in Buddhism,” 2003

Vanessa Turner - A research paper on “Language and Meaning in Buddhist Vajray›na Tradition.” 2003

Benjamin Michael - A research paper on “Tibetan in India,” 2003

Donald Gomez - Honors Thesis: “Emptiness,” 2003

Harminder Singh Desi - A research on “Hindu Temple Architecture in Southern and Northern India” 2003

Kolby Graham - A research paper on “Tibetan Buddhism in America,” 2004

Lindsay M. Kohn - A research paper on “A Comparative Study of the fiyurvedic Conceptions of Pr›˚a and Taoist Conceptions of Qi,” 2004

Rajeev K. Ahuja – A research paper on “Buddhist Tantra,” 2005 30

Penny J. Layton - A research paper on “Death and Dying in Tibetan Buddhism,” 2005

Alexis M. Halligan – Honors Thesis ““A Comparative Study of Tibetan and Native American Medical Systems,” 2006

Alexander Nazerian - A research paper on “Medicine Emerging from a Jungle,” 2007

Rachel Aguirre - A research paper on “The Feast of Heaven and Earth: Spirituality and Food in Asian Religious Traditions,” 2007

Brenda Aguilerra - A research paper on “Sacred Space in Christian and Buddhist Traditions,” 2007

Shirley Trong - A research paper on “Popular Vietnamese Buddhist Practices in America,” 2007

Eric Strokell - A research paper on “Sacred Ritual Substances and Healing,” 2007

Kalionzes Kledja – A research paper on “Religion and Healing in Peru,” 2007

Terylin Kelly McFeely – A research paper on “Methods in the Study of Religion and Alternative Medical Practices,” 2007

Erdenebaatar Erdene-Ochir – “Translation and Analysis of the Realization of Recognizing My Mother, the Perfection of Wisdom,” 2009

Erdenebaatar Erdene-Ochir - “An Analysis of the Bhagavadgıta from a Buddhist Perspective,” 2010

Anna Alter – ““The Link Between Stress and the Perception of Pain,” 2010

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS IN ASIAN RELIGIONS

Teaching Assistant for the course "Introduction to Buddhism, (Prof. Bernard Faurre), Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Winter Quarter, 1996

Teaching Assistant for the undergraduate seminar "South Asian Thought" 31

(Prof. Frits Staal), Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Fall Quarter, 1994

Teaching Assistant for the course "Religious Classics of Asia," (Prof. Carl Bielefeldt), Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Fall Quarter, 1993

Teaching Assistant for the course "Introduction to Buddhism," (Prof. Bernard Faurre), Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Winter Quarter, 1993

Teaching Assistant for the course "Introduction to Buddhism," (Prof. Jan Nattier), Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Spring Quarter, 1992

Graduate Student Instructor for the course "India in the Writer's Eye," (Prof. Linda Hess), Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Spring Semester, 1990

Teaching Assistant for the course "Introduction to Buddhism," (Prof. Carl Bielefeldt), Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Spring Quarter, 1993-1996

Teaching Assistant for the course "Chinese Religious Beliefs and Practices," (Prof. Bernard Faurre), Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, Stanford, Winter Quarter, 1994

A Course in Serbo-Croatian

First-year Serbo-Croatian. University Extension, University of Washington, Seattle, 1987- 1988.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

ASIAN LANGUAGES South Asian Languages Years of Study in the Undergraduate and Graduate Programs Sanskrit 15 academic years Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit 1 academic year Vedic 2 academic years P›li 1 academic year Modern Hindi 6 academic years Mediaeval Hindi 1 academic year 32

Nepali 1 academic year

Central Asian Languages Modern Mongolian 1 academic year, in addition to the 2 intensive summer programs in Mongolia Classical Mongolian 3 academic years, in addition to an intensive summer program in Mongolia Classical Tibetan 2 academic years, in addition to individual tutoring

EUROPEAN LANGUAGES English Serbo-Croatian Russian German Latin

PUBLIC AND HUMANITARIAN SERVICES

Member of the Advisory Board of the humanitarian, non-profit organization, Amistad International, Palo Alto, 2001 – present

Director of the Nairamdal Project dedicated to socio-economic and cultural development in Mongolia, 2001 – present

Founding member and a member of the Advisory Board of the Dalai Lama Foundation, Palo Alto, 2003 - present